* INSTALL.gen: Updated (taken from texinfo CVS).

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL.gen b/INSTALL.gen
index 666ffd9f..095b1eb4 100644
--- a/INSTALL.gen
+++ b/INSTALL.gen
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+Installation Instructions
+*************************
+
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free
+Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
+unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
+
 Basic Installation
 ==================
 
-   These are generic installation instructions.
+These are generic installation instructions.
 
    The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
 various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
@@ -61,21 +70,22 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is:
 Compilers and Options
 =====================
 
-   Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
-the `configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help'
-for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
+Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the
+`configure' script does not know about.  Run `./configure --help' for
+details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
 
-   You can give `configure' initial values for variables by setting
-them in the environment.  You can do that on the command line like this:
+   You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
+by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
+is an example:
 
      ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
 
-   *Note Environment Variables::, for more details.
+   *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
 
 Compiling For Multiple Architectures
 ====================================
 
-   You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
+You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
 own directory.  To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
@@ -84,27 +94,27 @@ the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
 
    If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
-variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a time
-in the source code directory.  After you have installed the package for
-one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring for another
-architecture.
+variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
+time in the source code directory.  After you have installed the
+package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
+for another architecture.
 
 Installation Names
 ==================
 
-   By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
+By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
 `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc.  You can specify an
 installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
-option `--prefix=PATH'.
+option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
 
    You can specify separate installation prefixes for
 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
-give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
-PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
+give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PREFIX', the package will
+use PREFIX as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
 Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
 
    In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
-options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
+options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
 kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
 
@@ -115,7 +125,7 @@ option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
 Optional Features
 =================
 
-   Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
+Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
 `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
@@ -130,10 +140,11 @@ you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
 Specifying the System Type
 ==========================
 
-   There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
-automatically, but needs to determine by the type of host the package
-will run on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
-a message saying it cannot guess the host type, give it the
+There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out automatically,
+but needs to determine by the type of machine the package will run on.
+Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the _same_
+architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
+message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
 `--build=TYPE' option.  TYPE can either be a short name for the system
 type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
 
@@ -141,42 +152,37 @@ type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
 
 where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
 
-     OS
-     KERNEL-OS
+     OS KERNEL-OS
 
    See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field.  If
 `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
-need to know the host type.
+need to know the machine type.
 
    If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
 use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
 produce code for.
 
    If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
-platform different from the build platform, you should specify the host
-platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will eventually be
-run) with `--host=TYPE'.  In this case, you should also specify the
-build platform with `--build=TYPE', because, in this case, it may not
-be possible to guess the build platform (it sometimes involves
-compiling and running simple test programs, and this can't be done if
-the compiler is a cross compiler).
+platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
+"host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
+eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
 
 Sharing Defaults
 ================
 
-   If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
-you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
-default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
+If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share, you
+can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives default
+values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
 `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
 `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Or, you can set the
 `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
 A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
 
-Environment Variables
-=====================
+Defining Variables
+==================
 
-   Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
-environment passed to configure.  However, some packages may run
+Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
+environment passed to `configure'.  However, some packages may run
 configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
 variables may be lost.  In order to avoid this problem, you should set
 them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'.  For example:
@@ -189,8 +195,7 @@ overridden in the site shell script).
 `configure' Invocation
 ======================
 
-   `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
-operates.
+`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
 
 `--help'
 `-h'